The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-10-23
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Clipped and Condensed From Various
Sources.

An appeal for renewal in the case
OF the Chicago anarchists is before
the United States supreme court.
Gov. Church, of Dakota, in his an
nual report, says that territory has
$685. AT population, and thinks that
it ought to be admitted as state.
The probability of the supreme
court declaring the prohibitory liquor
laws unconstitutional, is being dis
cussed in New York and elsewhere.
Near Redding last Friday, while on
the stage box with the driver, Geo.
Henderson, of Modoc county, Cal,
was shot and fatally wounded by high
waymen.
The Coos Bay Mail is informed
that an inside bar has formed at the
mouth of the Coquille, which proves
great detriment to shipping at that
port.
Five thousand soldiers, comprising
the first brigade OF the Massowah ex-
pedition, leave Rome for their desti-
nation November 2. Another brigade
OF 5000 men will follow November IL.
A number of Cinnamon met in New
York city on the Doth, and denounced
their consul because he wonld not Ia
vor a mass meeting OF Cinnamon to
protest against Denis Kearney and
his utterances.
1t is rumored in Washington that
secretary Lamar will resign his Office
as secretary OF the interior in No
vember, and that after the 18th Null
drow will be virtual, il not acting Sec
retary of the interior.
A bloody fight between vigilantes
and outlaws on the north fork of the
Arkansas river. in the Indian terri
tory, last Thursday, resulted In the
repulse of the former after loss OF
sixteen of their number
The work of grading on the South
ern Oregon cOmpany's logging rail-
road at Sumner. goes right along,
about fifty men being employed.
New buildings are going up, and
Sumner IS getting to be lively town.
The run of salmon on the lower
bay has been rather light for the
past few days, but Coos river Is still
holding out. Opinions Ill regard to
another run of silversides are some
what divided, few of the fishermen
claiming that the fall run is over,
while others expect good run yet.
An effort is being made to get up
an excitement about the mineral de-
posits in the Kootenai lake region
along the boundary line OF northern
Idaho and British Columbia, says the
Murray sun. Parties on the North
ern Pacific railroad lately from that
section are quite enthusiastic over
recent discoveries.
The sloop Ariel, used as a pilot
boat off Cape Flattery, is missing.
She has not been heard from for sew
eral days. Captain Henry McAlmond
left Port Townsend to pilot up YES
sci over a week ago. Frank Francis
was IN charge of the sloop after Nc
Almond left. 1t is feared the crew
have perished.
Piles that were coated with differ
ent anti-teredo coverings and driven
along the harbor front of San Fran
cisco as an experiment in 1882 and
1885, were drawn last Friday. All
the coatings showed signs of having
proved a failure. Most of the piles
were honey-combed by teredos.
Horatio l.. Barling, George w.
Loehr, James Madison. T. f. Nesmith
and James Eva, of San Francisco.
have incorporated the Alaska I'm
provement company, with capital
stock of s250,0O0, divided into 80
81, 900 shares. The company propose
to engage in the business of trading,
fishing, mining and milling in Alaska
E. M. Cooper, general superintend-
ent OF Wells, Fargo & Co., has sent a
letter to messenger j. +. Smith at
Houston, Texas, complImenting him
for prompt and effective action in
defense of the compsny's property at
the time of the attempted train. rob-
berry near Ell Paso on the evening OF
the 14th inst," and enclosing the
company's check for $4,000.
The London board of trade has
concluded its inquiry into the loss OF
the Inman line steamer City Of Non
tredi, burned at sea August 10, while
on a voyage from New York for Liv-
erpool. The board decides that nei-
ther the owners nor the officers of
the ship are blameable for the dis
aster, but that the cotton in the
steamers cargo, in which the fire was
first discovered was not properly
packed.
A large cargo of canned salmon
was shipped to San Francisco from
Yaquina by the steamer Eastern Ore
gOn Tuesday. Most of it was brought
from Siuslaw by the steam schooner
Mischief. Capt. Winant, OF the last
named vessel, says that the Siuslaw
bar is becoming badly shoaled from
the heavy swells of the past few
weeks. which, strange to relate, have
had no perceptible effect upon the
Yaquina bar.
A Joint contract was entered into
at New York last Friday between the
Northern Pacific, Union Pacific and
Oregon Railway & Navigation com
pany, by which the latter company is
leased and jointly operated by the
two former companies, who guarantee
Is per cent. per annum on Oregon
Railway & Navigation stock. AL
questions between it and the Oregon
& Transcontinental will be settled
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